Northwestern University Athletics
Saturday, April 23
State College, Pa.
11 a.m.
Northwestern
at
Penn State
Photo by: Stephen J. Carrera
No. 12 #B1GCats Head East to Take on No. 14 Penn State
4/21/2016 9:30:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
| NORTHWESTERN LACROSSE: GAME DAY INFORMATION | |||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | BROADCAST | LIVE STATS |
| Saturday, April 23 | No. 14 Penn State | 11 a.m. | State College, Pa. | TBD | GameTracker |
| Social: Twitter (@NULax and @NU_SportsLive) | Instagram (@NU_Lax) | Facebook Game Notes: Northwestern | Penn State | |||||
EVANSTON, Ill. — The 12th-ranked Northwestern Wildcats will head east to State College, Pennsylvania to take on No. 14 Penn State in a Big Ten showdown Saturday.
The Wildcats (7-7) and Nittany Lions (10-4) are tied with Ohio State for second in Big Ten play with 2-1 marks and will be vying for positioning in the standings for the Big Ten Tournamen at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium May 5-8
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35 to 100
Sophomore Selena Lasota became the fastest player in program history to score 100 goals when she hit the century mark last Sunday in what was her 35th career game. Lasota set a NU single-season freshman record with 69 goals last season and is second on the team with 32 goals this year. After scoring just 15 goals in the team's first 10 games, Lasota has scored 17 goals in the last four contests (4.25/game).
CAREER DAY ON SENIOR DAY
Senior captain Kaleigh Craig put on a show on senior day to lead the Wildcats to a 20-9 victory over Rutgers, scoring a career-high six goals on six shots. Craig matched her career high with five goals in the first half alone. The senior attacker leads the Wildcats with 36 goals this season and is also first on the team with 44 points and a career-high 24 ground balls.
SETTING THE TONE
Freshman attacker Leighton Yenor came off the bench and provided a quick spark to the Wildcats' offense last Sunday, scoring a pair of goals in a span of 23 seconds. Yenor has scored in back-to-back games for the first time in her career entering Saturday's game at Penn State and has five goals on eight shots in six appearances this year.
SENIORS STEP UP
Senior Spring Sanders had just one career goal before scoring a pair of tallies against No. 6 USC last Friday and classmate Lauren Murray had yet to score a goal this season before tallying her first career two-goal game in the win over Rutgers. Senior defender Emily Eichner also got into the scoring column on senior day, scoring her first career goal to help the 'Cats match their season high with 20 goals.
KEEP IT ROLLIN'
The Northwestern offense has found its stride since being held to a season-low tying four goals against No. 1 Maryland on March 31. The 'Cats have twice scored a season-high 20 goals - both times in Big Ten play - and have scored 81 (16.2/game) goals over the five-game stretch.
LEND A HELPING HAND
Sophomore attacker Shelby Fredericks continues to shine in her second season. Fredericks dished out a career-high and team season-high three assists in the win over Rutgers and is now tied for the team lead with junior Christina Esposito with 14 helpers this year.
WIN THE DRAW, RULE THE WORLD
Fredericks has also become one of the nation's elite draw takers. She enters the week ranked eighth in the country with 6.4 draw controls per game and has already surpassed her season total from a year ago with 89 draw controls this season, which ranks seventh in the modern era of NU. She has totaled 162 draw controls in her career, ranking eighth in Northwestern history.
STONE WALLED
Freshman goalkeeper Mallory Weisse continues to impress in debut season, ranking first in the Big Ten in saves (100) and saves per game (7.14) She has stopped a season-high 10 shots four times this season and allowed a season-low four goals to Michigan on April 7. She has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice and earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on March 29.
THE 'CATS' BIG FOUR
The Northwestern starting attack unit of Kaleigh Craig, Christina Esposito, Selena Lasota and Shelby Fredericks has led the way offensively all season. The four have accounted for 66 percent (108/163) of the team's goal output and 74 percent (40/54) of the team's assists. Esposito's 23 goals in 14 contests this season have surpassed her total from her first 34 career games and her 14 assists equal her total during the same time frame. Fredericks has also topped her season totals from her freshman campaign with career highs this season in goals (17), assists (11) and points (28).
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